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17 Cards in this Set
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Why did Mexico want to settle Texas with Mexican citzens?
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It would help them keep more control over the area.
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How did Mexico invite people to settle in Texas?
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Wrote colonization laws, and they started the empresario system.
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What three types of businesses did Moses Austin operate before he moved to Texas?
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a bank, dry goods store, and a lead mine
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How did Baron de Bastrop help Moses Austin?
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he talked to the govenor and got the plan approved
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What are three challenges that Austins colony approved?
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native american attack, drought, and shrunk in size
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How did Mexican independence affect Austins colony in Texas?
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Empresario kept going back to get plans approved and wrote the colonization laws.
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How did de Zavala, Vehlein, and Burnet act as empresarios?
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Sold their contracts to the Galveston Bay and Texas land company.
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Was the empresario system sucessful? Why or why not?
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Yes because the population increased from 3,000 to 25,000
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A person who buys a large parcel of land and sells smaller parts of it to other settlers for profit is called a(n)
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Speculator
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Stephen F. Austin was the most sucessful
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Empresario
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A groupof armed citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency are called a(n)
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Militia
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Moses Austin agreed to bring 30 families to the Louisiana Territory. In exchange, the spanish government gave him
a(n) --------- of land (a 4,428-acre parcel) |
Sitio
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Texas settlers wanted a strong voice in governing themselves, so the Mexican government created the -------- of Nacogdoches in 1831
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Department
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A(n) ------- is an association of two or more people in a business venture.
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Partnership
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Mexico granted the settlers a(n) -------- or the legal right to own property, to the land when they settled in Texas.
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Title
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Colonel Juan N. Almonte conducted a(n) ---------- or an official count, of all the people in Texas for Mexico in 1834.
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Census
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The work of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock is called.
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Agriculture
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